Like New Orleans/Katrina, the money was there. They simply stole it for other (mostly union) stuff!-----Pittsburgh bridge collapse highlights how governments put off infrastructure repairs and maintenance - Reason Foundation

Pittsburgh bridge collapse highlights how governments put off infrastructure repairs and maintenance Consistently deferring repairs and maintenance can lead to disaster.
"On Friday, the Fern Hollow Bridge owned by the city of Pittsburgh collapsed...

...Records from the inventory show that the bridge was consistently found to be in poor shape during inspections from 2011 to 2017, with estimated repairs at $1.5 million.

...The city of Pittsburgh has a $613 million annual budget, but about $500 million of that goes towards personnel and benefits. 

Pittsburgh only budgets about $82 million a year for engineering and construction for all the city’s roadway, transit, flood control, streetlight, fencing, and bridge projects.

...Rather, the problem is the way the city spends so much of its annual budget on other things and chooses to spend so little of its money maintaining its roads and bridges. 

The city has known its deficient bridges were a problem but has not prioritized fixing them...Read all.